SAKYA
20.08.2011 – 10.10.2011
Zhang Xiaotao’s Solo Exhibition
curated by Cecilia Freschini
at WhiteBox Museum
Beijing

Art created under the power of great belief and spirit is timeless. [Zhang Xiaotao]

CECILIA FRESCHINI AFTER YEARS OF LIVING AND WORKING IN CHINA AS A CURATOR, KEEPING ON MY STRENGTHS AS A CULTURAL INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN EUROPE AND CHINA AND RESEARCHING THE LOCAL VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, FINALLY SOMETHING CLEAR STARTED TO APPEAR IN MY MIND. I CAME TO BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE OF THE ART WORLD WILL UNDOUBTEDLY TAKE PLACE IN CHINA.

Qual è l’immagine che prevale all’estero del nostro Paese?
意大利的对外形象是什么？
What is the perception of Italy abroad?
 
E’ parere comune che l’immagine dell’Italia stia conoscendo, in questi ultimi anni, un degrado terribile. Un declino vertiginoso che mi ha sollecitato a indagare la questione, in termini artistici, attraverso questa mostra.

“These 7 years in Beijing have been intense and unforgettable … it has been an overall experience, involving a creative but also a personal evolution …”

Interview with Alessandro Rolandi
by Cecilia Freschini
Beijing, March 2011

“Marx said, ‘Religion is the opiate of the masses’ more than 150 years ago. I like to ask, whether the new opiate of the masses is the consume?”

Interview with the artist Chen Hangfeng by Cecilia Freschini
Beijing, March 2011